Saturday, January 11, 2014

Lorella De Luca

Actress -- via cineblog.it.

Nelson Ned aka The Little Giant of Song

Singer -- via the New York Times.

K. P. Udayabhanu

Playback singer and music director -- via the Times of India.

Herman Pieter de Boer aka Johnny Austerlitz

Writer, journalist, and lyricist -- via nos.nl.

Uday Kiran

Actor -- via The Hindu.

Alma Muriel

Actress -- via the Huffington Post.

Hryhoriy Kokhan

Director and screenwriter -- via en.for-ua.com.

Bernard Glasser

Film producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter. The man behind such classics as "Return of the Fly," "Day of the Triffids," and "Crack in the World" (the last one of my faves!).








Jeanne Brabants

Dancer and choreographer -- via focus.knack.be.

Micky Lay

Rakehell -- via the New York Times.


Mike Vraney

'King of grindhouse'; Something Weird Video founder; marginal-film archivist, historian, and distributor; documentary film producer -- via the Austin Chronicle.

Al Porcino

Trumpeter -- via the New York Times.



Kay Mander

Documentary filmmaker -- via the Scotsman.

Susanna Pechuro

Activist, political prisoner, and historian -- via http://hro.rightsinrussia.info. An amazing story!

Milan Horvat

Conductor -- via Vecernjilist.hr.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Larry D. Mann

Actor -- via the Miami Herald. A distinctive and reliable character actor, he may be best remembered as the voice of Yukon Cornelius in the Xmas TV special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."



Simon Hoggart

Journalist and wit -- via the Guardian. A long-time participant in the Conference on World Affairs in Boulder -- I got to do a few panels with him. Nice guy!



Carmen Zapata

Actress; best remembered as Dona Luz in TV's "Villa Alegre" -- via USA Today.



Tito Mora aka Carlos Garcia Romero

Singer -- via the Latin American Herald Tribune.

Eiichi Ohtaki

Musician, singer-songwriter, and music producer -- Japan Today.

Run Run Shaw aka Shao Yifu

Film producer; a vital figure in cinema history -- via the New York Times. As head of Shaw Brothers Studios, he did not invent, but fully developed, the martial arts film. Among the talents he developed: directors King Hu, Chang Cheh, and Lau Kar-leung; actors Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sonny Chiba, Sammo Hung, and Cheng Pei Pei. Among the great films made under his imprimatur: "Come Drink with Me," "The Love Eterne," "The One-Armed Swordsman" series, "Fists of Fury," "Water Margin,"
5 Fingers of Death," "The 36 Chambers of Shaolin," "Blood Brothers," "The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter," and "Five Deadly Venoms."










Sunday, January 5, 2014